Colorado snow totals: Election Day storm dumps powder throughout state as ski resorts prepare to open
Wolf Creek Ski Area, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Keystone Resort are the only ski areas open so far this year. But the latest snowfall should help other ski areas to open.
Copper Mountain/Courtesy photo
Close on the heels of a weekend snowstorm, another wave of winter weather Tuesday, Nov. 5, delivered substantial snowfall throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains – and more snow may be on the way.
Fresh snow fell at all three of the ski areas that have opened in Colorado so far this year. Wolf Creek Ski Area, the first to open this season, received another 14 inches in the election night storm, according to OpenSnow. Meanwhile, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Keystone Resort, both of which opened last Saturday, Nov. 2, each reported 5 inches.
Of the ski resorts still yet to open, Steamboat Resort appeared to have received the most snow, with the mid-mountain snow stake showing close to 10 inches by Wednesday morning, Nov. 6. Aspen-Snowmass Ski Resort snow stakes showed about 8 inches.
Copper Mountain reported at least 6 inches on its snow stake Wednesday morning, while the Breckenridge Ski Resort snow stake showed about 5 inches of snowfall. Both Copper and Breckenridge are scheduled to open Friday, Nov. 8.
Wolf Creek Ski Area – 14 inches
Steamboat Resort – 10 inches
Aspen-Snowmass Ski Resort – 8 inches
Copper Mountain – 6 inches
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area – 5 inches
Keystone Resort – 5 inches
Vail Mountain – 5 inches
Loveland Ski Area – 5 inches
Winter Park Ski Area – 5 inches
Vail Mountain, which is scheduled to open Nov. 15, also received about 5 inches, according to OpenSnow. Loveland Ski Area and Winter Park Ski Area, neither of which has yet announced their opening day, also reported about 5 inches.
This storm system could continue to drop snow across Colorado through early this weekend, OpenSnow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in a blog post Wednesday. The extended forecast is also looking good for snowfall to continue in waves through at least mid-month, Gratz wrote.
“We are on the storm train,” he said.
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